Of course, from beginning to end, my dad never met the old layman in Xiao Zhang's mouth.

That day, when Liu Shangang and his father drove into the alley of the family courtyard of the post office, it was already past the work point, and there was no one in the alley, but when the car drove around the corner of the alley, I saw a woman behind the car, a woman wearing a big red dress and long hair, she was facing away from me, I couldn't see her clearly, I only knew that it was a woman.

When I saw her, I always felt that something was wrong, but I couldn't tell what was wrong.

There are four buildings with three units each, and my new home is on the second floor of the second unit of the fourth building. After Liu Shangang's father helped us carry our luggage upstairs, he said that there was still something in the factory and left in a hurry. After my parents sent Liu Shangang and his father away, they started to clean up the house, and I didn't have anything to do, so I walked around the new home.

It can be seen that this room is also some years old, but the heating is newly installed, and the green and new paint on it does not fit in with the old age of the whole house. The furniture in the house was ready-made, and my dad put our old TV on the cabinet in the living room and started wiping down the old sofa in the living room.

Supposedly, with the money my dad scraped together, he couldn't rent a furnished house, not to mention that at that time, in this kind of family home, few people would rent their house to outsiders. But this house is not only low rent, fully furnished, but also does not have any security deposit. This also made my dad more convinced that the post office family home is indeed a rare auspicious place.

The TV hadn't been connected yet, and I was bored, so I went to the south-facing balcony and leaned against the window to look out.

At that time, the buildings were generally not high, and although our house was on the second floor, it still had good lighting. The sun was a bit harsh, and I put my hand on my forehead to block the light, and then I could see a heavy patch of color downstairs from the bottom of the floor. I looked under the window, but what I saw made me uncomfortable.

It was pitch black, and all I saw was pitch black.

We are downstairs is the first floor, the first floor of the post office family courtyard has a big yard, in other people's yards, have planted some flowers and plants, it looks comfortable, but our downstairs family, the yard has a big black cloth up, covering the whole yard, and the black cloth is very thick, even the sun can't shine in.

I wondered what kind of person would put up such a cloth in the yard, as if he was afraid that the sun would shine into his yard.

At this time, my mother also came to the balcony. There was a big cabinet on the balcony, and my mother wanted to put some thick clothes in it that she couldn't wear for the time being, but when she saw me standing in front of the window in a daze, she asked me, "Yangyang, what are you doing here?" ”

I pointed to the black cloth downstairs: "Mom, you see, his yard is covered with cloth. ”

My mother also leaned over the window to take a look, and immediately frowned: "Who would hang a black cloth in the yard, it's unlucky." ”

My dad was wiping the sofa when he heard my mom and shouted from afar, "The landlord said that someone in our downstairs family has albinism and can't bask in the sun." Don't talk in front of the window, it's not good for people to hear it. ”

While my dad was talking, I saw the woman in the red dress enter the courtyard on the first floor, and although I couldn't see it very clearly, I could be sure that she was walking backwards with her back to the courtyard gate.

This is the first time I've heard of albinism, and I wondered, "Isn't it true that people with this disease not only can't bask in the sun, but also have to walk backwards?" And I finally figured out why I thought the woman was strange, the sun was not very bright that day, but when I met her, she was wearing a big black umbrella.

However, since albinism cannot bask in the sun and carry an umbrella, it seems that it can be justified.

At that time, I didn't know that although people with albinism were more likely to be burned by the sun than ordinary people, they were not as afraid of light as rumored, and the color of their hair was beautiful white or golden, but the woman had long pure black hair.

My dad and my mom have been tidying up from noon to night, after dinner, my parents went to bed very early, and I also have the first independent small bedroom in my life, there is a writing desk on it, on which are the gadgets given to me by the old chaitou, and there is a small bed in the corner of the wall, the room is very small, except for the desk and the small bed, there is hardly much free space in the room.

Lao Chai Tou's gadgets are my treasures, I took a pony carved from wood, and put it on the side of the pillow, as if in this way, Lao Chai Tou was by my side, to be honest, after all those things, I was really scared to let me sleep alone.

I lay in bed, thinking about the stories that Lao Chai Tou had told me, and the kind of thick soup that Lao Chai Tou had made for me, and I fell asleep thinking about it.

This night I slept very unsteadily, always turned over in bed, in a daze, I felt very uncomfortable, the sky was very hot, my neck was full of sticky sweat, but at the same time I was sweating, I felt a little cold, the window was closed, but I could always feel a cold wind blowing in, the wind did not make people feel cool, but gave people a very stuffy feeling.

It's either stuffy, or it's just stuffy, it's like there's a breath in your chest, you can't exhale it, you can't swallow it.

At this moment, someone suddenly knocked on the window, making a "knock knock" sound, and I woke up at once, and my heart was furious.

Our house is on the second floor, but the sound is obviously coming from the window!

I didn't dare to open my eyes, for fear of seeing something scary again, so I grabbed the little wooden horse that the old firewood had given me with my hand, closed my eyes tightly, and pretended to be asleep.

Lao Chai Tou once said to me, if you encounter an evil spirit, the best way is to run away before it finds you, once it is discovered, it will definitely not be able to escape, at this time do not panic, what to do and what to do, just as it does not exist, if the evil is not too fierce, you ignore it, usually speaking, it will not do anything to you.

But the people outside were still knocking on the window, my heart was pounding, my body was sweating, but my hands and feet were already cold, only the small wooden horse in my hand seemed to be exuding a warmth, which made me feel at ease.

It wasn't until the morning sun was about to shine into the house that the knocking on the window disappeared, and I quickly got out of bed and ran into my parents' house as if I was running for my life.

Before moving, my mother contacted a job delivering milk early in the morning, after all, the factory was not profitable, and she owed a lot of foreign debts, so she still had to find a way to make some money.

My mother got up early that day, and when she saw me entering the bedroom in a hurry, she asked me, "Yangyang, what's wrong?" ”

I was still scared in my heart, and I slurred my words, "Yes...... Someone knocked on my window! ”

My dad was also woken up by me, sat up from the bed sleepily, looked at me, then at my mother, and said in a daze, "What are you doing, early in the morning." ”

My mom ignored my dad and just asked me, "Someone knocked on the window?" What's going on, speak slowly. ”

I swallowed my spit, and after a long time, I reluctantly explained to my mother: "Last night, someone knocked on my window outside. ”

My dad and my mom looked at each other and realized that something was wrong almost at the same time, and my dad quickly got out of bed and ran barefoot to my bedroom, and my mom followed.

Originally, I didn't want to go back to that weird little bedroom, but I didn't dare to stay alone, so I ran after my mother.

When my dad entered my house, the first thing he did was open the window and look out, and he saw that the wall between the first and second floors was straight and straight, except for a few wires attached to the wall, there was no place to stay.

My mother also leaned in front of the window to look down, and when she saw it, her face turned white.

You can't stand outside the window, and since you can't stand people, what was it that knocked on my window last night?

My dad closed the window and sat on my little bed with a look of chagrin, his head down, not knowing what he was thinking.

My mother's first reaction was to be afraid, and after a while, she complained to my father again: "It's all you, why don't you listen to Uncle Chai, just moved over one night, and Yangyang ran into that thing again, how can I live in the future!" ”

My dad sighed heavily, but didn't say anything after all.

And my mom didn't continue to complain. My mom knows that the reason why my dad didn't move near the bus station was because he had a knot in his heart for Lao Chai Tou, but more importantly, because of my studies.

My dad was silent for a while, and then urged my mom to go to work, my mom was still a little uneasy, but my dad asked my mom to work with peace of mind, and he had a way.

In the eyes of me and my mother at the time, my dad must be going to find Lao Chai Tou, anyway, no matter what happens, as long as Lao Chai Tou comes, it will definitely be solved, it is because of this trust in Lao Chai Tou that my mother dispelled some of her worries, and went to work after cleaning up.

When it was almost seven o'clock, my dad made a simple breakfast, got me dressed, and took me to work.

At that time, the factory was not strictly controlled, and if I brought my children into the factory, as long as I didn't enter the workshop, no one would take care of them, so I followed my dad to the rubber factory a few times in the past. However, the place is very boring, and the benefits have not been good over the years, and the adults in the factory always have a worried face, and I especially don't want to see them.

But thinking that I would soon be able to see Lao Chai Tou, I was very happy in my heart, and what made me even happier was that Liu Shangang also followed his father to the factory that day, and I had a playmate, so I naturally left those troubles behind.

There is nothing to play in the factory, although there are some piles of broken stones and sand behind the factory yard to play, but that place is not allowed to enter, Liu Shangang and I lie on the railing of the corridor to chat.

The chats between children mostly revolve around TV, and when they talk about the recent cartoons on TV, they will improvise a role-play, I will be Optimus Prime, Liu Shangang will be Megatron, or I will be a scorpion spirit, Liu Shangang will be a gourd baby, after assigning the role, the two of them will chase and fool around on the corridor outside the office.